I've got a medium sized non-stick griddle pan that I don't have much of a use for other than making grilled cheese sandwiches. Or so I thought.

What I've started doing is cutting the tops and bottoms off of green bell peppers, and saving those chunks to be diced up and added to something else. Then I cut the middle section in half, flatten both halves out on the cutting board, rain some fresh crached black pepper over the insides, then sear the peppers in the already heated pan. I like my peppers hot, but no completely cooked so that they have a crunchiness to them so I don't sear them for too long.

I don't place any oil or anything on the pan since it's a non-stick surface, I'm using nothing more than green bell peppers and fresh ground black pepper corns. It comes out really good.

It's tough to do anything with the chunks from the top and bottom because I can't get them to lay flat in a pan, what I have done when I don't have anything I can put the chunks in though, is toss them in a small sauce pan with a little water and cracked black pepper then steam them for a couple of minutes. It's almost as good as searing them.